Data for Rio, São Paulo, Salvador and the beaches between, installed before you fly. Brazil runs on WhatsApp and Pix, and the Americas plan keeps the same eSIM working from the airport to the last caipirinha.
The Brazil plan covers Brazil only.
The same 10 GB in a package that keeps working past Brazil.
16 other countries share the package with Brazil. A few of them:
What's included, when it starts, and how to get connected.
Brazilian carriers register every SIM to a CPF, which visitors do not have, and the workarounds at the airport stores take an hour on a good day. A travel eSIM connects through the local networks as a roaming device and skips all of it: install before you fly, switch on when you land.
In Rio and São Paulo, order an Uber or 99 from the app rather than taking a taxi from the rank; the price is fixed and the driver knows the neighbourhood. Both airports have marked ride-hailing pick-up areas. The metro in both cities is safe, clean and reaches the main districts; buses are for people who know the routes.
Almost every shop, stall and beach vendor shows a Pix QR code, but Pix needs a Brazilian bank account. Cards and phone wallets are accepted nearly everywhere as the alternative, and a card with no foreign transaction fee is the thing to bring. ATMs at banks inside malls and airports are the safe ones; carry a little cash for the beach.
Phone snatching is the common crime in Rio and São Paulo. Check the map indoors, keep the phone away at traffic lights and on the beach, and carry a card rather than a wallet. Taxis and ride-hailing after dark rather than walking. Most visits pass without incident; the habits are what make that likely.
Rio is hot and humid in its summer, with heavy afternoon storms; the winter months from June to September are dry, mild and the easiest time to visit. Carnival — the days before Ash Wednesday — is the busiest and most expensive week of the year everywhere. The north-east coast is warm year-round.
Brazil is on the Americas plan, so the same eSIM works in Rio, São Paulo, Salvador, Florianópolis and Foz do Iguaçu without anything to change. Coverage follows the local network: strong in the cities and along the populated coast, good on the main highways, and thin in the interior, the Pantanal and the Amazon, where no network reaches far beyond the towns.
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and the rest of the Americas list share the package, so the trip that continues to Buenos Aires or the Argentine side of the Iguaçu falls keeps the same allowance — the phone picks up a partner network a few minutes after the border.
Answers about data, coverage and setup for Brazil.
No. The CPF requirement is for buying a Brazilian SIM from a Brazilian carrier. A travel eSIM connects through the local networks as a roaming device, so nothing is registered in Brazil: install before you fly, switch the line on when you land, and the phone connects the way it does in any other country.
Pix needs a Brazilian bank account rather than a Brazilian phone, so it is not something a visitor has either way. Cards and phone wallets are accepted almost everywhere a Pix code is shown, and the eSIM is what keeps the banking app, the ride-hailing app and the map working while you use them.
Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Peru and the rest of the Americas list share the package with Brazil, so crossing to the Argentine side of the falls or flying on to Buenos Aires keeps the same allowance; the phone picks up a partner network after the border. Check the country list on this page for every stop before you buy — it is the list that decides.
